Is lumbar puncture necessary to exclude meningitis in neonates and young infants: Lessons from the group B streptococcus cellulitis-adenitis syndrome

Pediatrics

Volumn 102, Issue 4 I, 1998, Pages 984-986

  Albanyan, Esam A ^a   Baker, Carol J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; INFANT; LYMPHADENITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PUNCTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

CELLULITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; SPINAL PUNCTURE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0032185455     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.102.4.984     Document Type: Article

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